Résumés
Abstract
We examine how corporate social responsibility (CSR) affects limits to arbitrage. Using a sample of S&P 500 firms from 2002 to 2020, our findings indicate that firms with high CSR performance are associated with a higher degree of limits to arbitrage. Those findings are confirmed when using only social and environmental dimensions, and when testing the relationship between CSR and each limits-to-arbitrage component separately. Our findings hold when using an alternative measure of limits to arbitrage and are robust to endogeneity checks. Our study suggests that CSR makes arbitrage activity harder and riskier, thereby leading to mispricing.
Keywords:
- Limits to arbitrage,
- Information uncertainty,
- Transactions costs,
- Idiosyncratic risk,
- Corporate social responsibility,
- Efficient markets hypothesis
Résumé
Nous étudions comment la responsabilité sociale des entreprises (RSE) affecte les limites à l’arbitrage. En utilisant un échantillon d’entreprises du S&P 500 (2002-2020), nous montrons que les entreprises socialement responsables sont associées à un degré plus élevé de limites à l’arbitrage. Ces résultats sont confirmés lorsque l’on utilise uniquement les dimensions sociales et environnementales, et lorsque l’on teste séparément la relation entre la RSE et chaque composante des limites à l’arbitrage. Nos résultats sont validés lorsque l’on utilise une mesure alternative des limites à l’arbitrage et sont robustes aux contrôles d’endogénéité. Notre étude suggère que la RSE rend l’activité d’arbitrage plus difficile et plus risquée, conduisant à une mauvaise évaluation des prix des actions.
Mots-clés :
- Limites à l’arbitrage,
- incertitude informationnelle,
- coûts de transaction,
- risque spécifique,
- responsabilité sociale de l’entreprise,
- hypothèse d’efficience des marchés
Resumen
Examinamos cómo la responsabilidad social corporativa (RSC) afecta a los límites al arbitraje. Utilizando una amplia muestra de empresas del S&P 500 (2002-2020), nuestros resultados indican que las empresas socialmente responsables están asociadas a un mayor grado de límites al arbitraje. Estos resultados se confirman cuando se utilizan únicamente las dimensiones social y medioambiental, y cuando se comprueba la relación entre la RSC y cada componente de los límites al arbitraje. Nuestros resultados se mantienen cuando se utiliza una medida alternativa de los límites al arbitraje y son firmes a las comprobaciones de endogeneidad. Nuestro estudio indica que la RSC dificulta la actividad de arbitraje y la hace más arriesgada, lo que conduce a la fijación de precios erróneos.
Palabras clave:
- Límites al arbitraje,
- Incertidumbre informativa,
- costes de transacción,
- riesgo idiosincrático,
- responsabilidad social corporativa,
- hipótesis del mercado eficiente
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